Little things that irritate you

[mcdaddy99]

Peacocks on airplanes. Not literally peacocks, but people who jump out their seats the second the seatbelt lights go off, having a stretch, walking up and down the aisle, gazing at and surveying all the other passengers… going to loo 4 times on a 2 hour flight… constantly in the way of the trollies…

Sit down. It’s a two hour flight… we are 10k metres in the sky, look out the window and quietly experience the awe of the earths natural beauty and how small we our, ponder our existence and feel some humility..

Sit down peacocks, we are in a flimsy rocket propelled tin can in the clouds… sit down..

[OFT]

Peacocks on airplanes. Not literally peacocks, but people who jump out their seats the second the seatbelt lights go off, having a stretch, walking up and down the aisle, gazing at and surveying all the other passengers… going to loo 4 times on a 2 hour flight… constantly in the way of the trollies…

Sit down. It’s a two hour flight… we are 10k metres in the sky, look out the window and quietly experience the awe of the earths natural beauty and how small we our, ponder our existence and feel some humility..

Sit down peacocks, we are in a flimsy rocket propelled tin can in the clouds… sit down..

See my post on 15th 4.20

While we on air travel. Those that arrive at security and then. decide to empty their pockets take off their belts, jackets etc. Forget they've got a laptop, 10 tubes of suntan lotion,toothpaste, lube and a mini nail clipping kit tucked away . Just get everything sorted before you get to the tray filling stage. Oh and when you get your tray back cart off to the side to empty it and put the tray back on the pile if you don't mind

[mcdaddy99]

See my post on 15th 4.20

Ha, great minds… I did scan through that page but didn’t catch those lines!

If I could add the people who crowd around boarding gates desperate to board first, despite everyone having a pre booked seat… sit down, relax….

And then runners/power walkers to passport control, red faced with veins popping out...you know everyone will be waiting at baggage reclaim regardless…just relax…

Oh and people clapping when the plane lands… it’s the pilots job, it was never in doubt.. just relax..

I honestly spend my whole time during air travel trying to focus on not being irritated and stressed like everyone else…. Because then I’ll be just as bad as them… so I just try and RELAX

[Hammer.CA]

Peacocks on airplanes. Not literally peacocks, but people who jump out their seats the second the seatbelt lights go off, having a stretch, walking up and down the aisle, gazing at and surveying all the other passengers… going to loo 4 times on a 2 hour flight… constantly in the way of the trollies…

Sit down. It’s a two hour flight… we are 10k metres in the sky, look out the window and quietly experience the awe of the earths natural beauty and how small we our, ponder our existence and feel some humility..

Sit down peacocks, we are in a flimsy rocket propelled tin can in the clouds… sit down..

Or maybe the pilot is simply bored with his job.

[sendô]

IT departments.

I realise a few people on here work in IT. Why does it seem that as technology gets better over time, IT departments and the general service thereof continually gets worse, with everything taking longer to fix and more things requiring the user to do themselves?

I was given a new work laptop way back in June. I've had numerous isssues with it, the biggest of which I have never once been able to print, either on site or at head office. Several calls have been logged, numerous people have looked at it, either remoting in or in person at the reluctant IT department at head office.

Eventually last week I was informed my laptop was never set up properly initially, and needed remapping. Someone would be in contact to agree a suitable time before they did it I was told. Were they f***, they did it automatically overnight, so come this morning my laptop is completely wiped. I've had to spend all ****ing morning trying to redownload every single program and app I need to do my job, find all my saved links, re-enter every bloody password etc. I have done zero work.

Yet at the end of all that I STILL CAN'T ****ing PRINT TO THE OFFICE PRINTER.

[Jonah]

Time to get the knob out Sends.

[dasnutnock3]

IT departments.

I realise a few people on here work in IT. Why does it seem that as technology gets better over time, IT departments and the general service thereof continually gets worse, with everything taking longer to fix and more things requiring the user to do themselves?

I was given a new work laptop way back in June. I've had numerous isssues with it, the biggest of which I have never once been able to print, either on site or at head office. Several calls have been logged, numerous people have looked at it, either remoting in or in person at the reluctant IT department at head office.

Eventually last week I was informed my laptop was never set up properly initially, and needed remapping. Someone would be in contact to agree a suitable time before they did it I was told. Were they ****, they did it automatically overnight, so come this morning my laptop is completely wiped. I've had to spend all ****ing morning trying to redownload every single program and app I need to do my job, find all my saved links, re-enter every bloody password etc. I have done zero work.

Yet at the end of all that I STILL CAN'T ****ing PRINT TO THE OFFICE PRINTER.

End-user computing rarely attracts the best & brightest, sadly. There'll be one or two people at your firm who genuinely understand how things work, but the rest will be entry-levellers who had little or no training.

[vietnammer]

Time to get the knob out Sends.

Typical IT 'we assume you know our jargon'. Instructions should be more specific and user-friendly. Ahem. Take your genital organ in your favoured manipulative hand (left or right) and present it to the centre of the computer screen effecting a 'sideways' ( that means left to right) motion for 30 seconds. (a video demonstrates). Now, take this test, answering the following questions.
Restart your computer. If problem persists, consult your IT Champion or contact IT again on Teams for advice (12 - 2pm Monday to Thursdays only)

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[BalaamBoy]

I've just filled in a credit card application online. The bank outsources the security / identification section to a 3rd party. This online security firm asks me for a jpg of my passport (so far so good), a selfie front and side (still ok) and then a photo of a utility bill (what???).

I've just moved back. ALL the utility companies use online billing, nothing is printed nor posted, and a photo of the screen or a screenshot of my bill or contract is not acceptablel.

Give me a break . . . . !!

[BalaamBoy]

I've just filled in a credit card application online. The bank outsources the security / identification section to a 3rd party. This online security firm asks me for a jpg of my passport (so far so good), a selfie front and side (still ok) and then a photo of a utility bill (what???).

I've just moved back. ALL the utility companies use online billing, nothing is printed nor posted, and a photo of the screen or a screenshot of my bill or contract is not acceptable.

Give me a break . . . . !!

[bubbles1966]

Kitchen "islands".

[mushy]

Peacocks on airplanes. Not literally peacocks, but people who jump out their seats the second the seatbelt lights go off, having a stretch, walking up and down the aisle, gazing at and surveying all the other passengers… going to loo 4 times on a 2 hour flight… constantly in the way of the trollies…

Sit down. It’s a two hour flight… we are 10k metres in the sky, look out the window and quietly experience the awe of the earths natural beauty and how small we our, ponder our existence and feel some humility..

Sit down peacocks, we are in a flimsy rocket propelled tin can in the clouds… sit down..

I'm not quite sure why someone would irritate you by standing up, seems odd to me.
I often stand up as I'm nearly six foot six and those seats simply aren't big enough for either my knees or my back..
I often go for a stroll as well (avoiding the flight attendant with the trolley). I also restrict my loo visit to a maximum of one.
Seems quite reasonable to me.

[mushy]

I've just filled in a credit card application online. The bank outsources the security / identification section to a 3rd party. This online security firm asks me for a jpg of my passport (so far so good), a selfie front and side (still ok) and then a photo of a utility bill (what???).

I've just moved back. ALL the utility companies use online billing, nothing is printed nor posted, and a photo of the screen or a screenshot of my bill or contract is not acceptablel.

Give me a break . . . . !!

Aren't all those utility bills also available in PDF format to download?
I have no bills or bank statements come through the post but all of them have a facility to download a bill or statement.

[brownout]

Fruit juice cartons with the plastic bit on top that require unfeasibly thin yet strong fingers to open.
Fruit juice cartons that deposit a small amount of juice on the kitchen worktop no matter how carefully you pour.
Fruit juice cartons which do both!

[Johnny Byrne's Boots]

Packaging where the glue is stronger than the packaging material itself. Bags of flour for example. They're impossible to open without ripping the paper because the glue is strong enough to stick an elephant to the ceiling.

[davids cross]

Trying not to use a stat to prove that 90 per cent of football stats are worthless hipster garbage.

And at the same time trying not to sound like an old bloke shouting at clouds.

[Tenbury]

And at the same time trying not to sound like an old bloke shouting at clouds.

Gave up on that ,some time ago.

[BalaamBoy]

Aren't all those utility bills also available in PDF format to download?
I have no bills or bank statements come through the post but all of them have a facility to download a bill or statement.

Yes, I'm sure they are, but I've only just moved back to the country, and I don't have a printer yet (one should be delivered today).

I was more bemoaning the concept of a security / identity service being online only, but reliant on some of the information being available in physical form.

In other news wifi still only works properly near the router - and Virgin will only send ONE booster at a time (I'll probably need three).

In other other news, I only have one coaxial line in the house, and that goes into the router. The TV needs one in order to access terrestrial TV, as it can 'find' my broadband on the ethernet link, but cannot access it.

Things were a lot easier when I was last here 30 years ago

[mcdaddy99]

I'm not quite sure why someone would irritate you by standing up, seems odd to me.
I often stand up as I'm nearly six foot six and those seats simply aren't big enough for either my knees or my back..
I often go for a stroll as well (avoiding the flight attendant with the trolley). I also restrict my loo visit to a maximum of one.
Seems quite reasonable to me.

It’s just a light hearted moan, which is the essence of this thread….

[S-H]

I'm nearly six foot six

You know when you have a picture of a poster in your mind, without knowing them.

Not for one second did I have you down as Andre the chuffing Giant, mush!